Easy access to higher education in remote areas
Colleges open in interior areas like Awapalli, Kuakonda, Tongpal as well
6 colleges of the state in top 100 in Education World Autonomous College Ranking 2023-24
NAAC evaluation of more than 192 colleges in 4.5 years
33 new government colleges were opened and 76 non-government colleges started
Raipur, 06 June 2023
Earlier, in areas where students had to walk miles to get higher education. Today, with the establishment of a new college there, the way of higher education has become very easy, now they do not have to travel many kilometers, because colleges have now opened in remote areas like Awapalli, Kuakonda, Tongpal. Take the example of Kuakonda, students from the interior villages of this block in Dantewada district had to travel a distance of up to 80 kilometers to reach the college at the district headquarters. Because of this, many people used to leave studies after higher secondary, but now after the commencement of college, higher education has become easily available.
On the initiative of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel and Higher Education Minister Mr. Umesh Patel, students have been freed from the difficulties in getting higher education. Taking an important initiative, the state government has abolished the age limit for taking admission in colleges, due to which people who have left their studies midway due to some reason have got a good opportunity to complete their studies. The development of infrastructure in the colleges and the resources for teaching and learning are increasing, due to which the number of students taking admission is also increasing. While about 2 lakh 26 thousand 373 students took admission in the college in 2018-19, this number has increased by 48 percent to 3 lakh 35 thousand 139 in the year 2022-23. Which is one lakh 8 thousand 766 more than in 2018-19. In view of the increasing number of students studying in the college, a total of 33 new government colleges have been opened in the last 4 years and 76 non-government colleges have been started.
There are 285 government colleges, 12 aided non-government colleges and 252 non-aided non-government colleges operating in Chhattisgarh. Recruitment was issued for 1384 vacant posts on a total of 27 subjects, out of which appointment orders have been issued to 1167 candidates. To encourage girls in higher education, 26 girls colleges are being run. In the year 2018-19, where 1,34,391 girl students took admission in the college as compared to 91,982 boys, in 2022-23, the number of boys has increased to 1,28,310 and the number of girl students to 2,06,829. The number of girl students is 61 percent more than that of boys.
Due to the increase in infrastructure and resources, a new identity is being created for the colleges of the state. In the Education World Autonomous College Ranking 2023-24, 6 colleges of Chhattisgarh have got a place in the top 100. In this ranking, Government V.Y.T. The college has managed to make it to the Durg top 10, this college has got the 9th rank. 14th rank to Government Bilasa Girls College, Bilaspur, 19th rank to E. Raghavendra Rao Science College, 34th rank to Government Digvijay College, Rajnandgaon, Rajiv Gandhi Government Post Graduate College Ambikapur has got 42nd rank and Government Nagarjuna Science College Raipur has got 54th rank. Recently, the Higher Education Department has been awarded the country’s prestigious Skoch Award for ‘Project Assessment and Accreditation’ of Chhattisgarh. This award has been given to the department due to the presentation, voting and achievements of several stages while competing with many big and important projects of the country.
It may be noted that during the academic session itself, on March 7, the UGC tweeted information regarding neck grading, in which Chhattisgarh ranks first. In the last 6 months, most colleges of Chhattisgarh have been evaluated in neck grading in the whole country, in which 98 colleges of the state are included. Between 2003 and 2018, the UGC had evaluated only 36 colleges, whereas in the last 4 years, 192 colleges have been evaluated so far.
